Donald Trump claimed he personally convinced Vladimir Putin to pause attacks on Ukraine during a brutal cold snap. Within hours, Russia launched one of its heaviest drone barrages in weeks: 85 drones, including 55 Shaheds, hammering targets from Donetsk to Kherson. Heating systems were hit as temperatures plunged, apartment blocks burned, and nearly 200 people — including dozens of children — were evacuated in the dark. At least five people were killed and many more wounded. Was Trump’s “winter truce” fantasy from the start?